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Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following: "(6) No carbon revenue levy is payable by an electricity generator that has purchased the full value of their carbon allowances available to them until the end of 2012 in a commercial transaction.".

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I recognise the work of the Minister and the Department. A number of EU member states have tried to introduce a similar windfall levy but it has proven to be tricky legally to do so. Even though I have been banging this drum for ages, I acknowledge this has not been a simple process legally. It is a shame this could not have been done a few years ago because significant sums could have...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will state who the members of the independent review group on child deaths will be; when these persons will be appointed; and the timescale for the work of this group. [26813/10]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the independent review group on child deaths has been allocated a budget; and if so, if any has been spent to date. [26814/10]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport when funding for a project (details supplied) will be made available to Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27796/10]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in 2010 regarding a scheme (details supplied); the funding that has been spent to date on this scheme; and the time scale that has been put in place for the completion of this scheme. [28564/10]

Written Answers — Wildlife Issues: Wildlife Issues (30 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to prevent the illegal poisoning of birds of prey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28640/10]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the decline in issuing original birth certificates to adopted persons when requested from 97% in 2005 to 37% in 2009 from the independent Adoption Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28840/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the timescale to complete this project. [28833/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the timescale to complete this project. [28834/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to each school in Cork city and county from her Department in the years 2000 to date in 2010 in tabular form. [28835/10]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils enrolled into each school in Cork City and county for the years 2000 to date in 2010 in tabular form. [28836/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, both full-time and part-time, on both temporary and permanent contracts, in Cork City and county for the years 2000 to date in 2010 in tabular form. [28837/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been allocated from her Department to each of the 43 constituencies from 1980 to 2010 in tabular form. [28838/10]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements that have been made between his Department and Cork County Council regarding a road (details supplied); the total cost of this project and the timescale involved. [29741/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff at his disposal including those within his Department; the number of staff currently registered to work in his constituency office; his overall staff budget for 2010; his overall staff budget was for 2007 to 2009, inclusive; if he will provide a breakdown of the way this money was spent regarding staff; and the title...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the quotas in place across the public sector to ensure the employment of persons with a disability; the number of persons with a disability employed locally in Cork city and county, at vocational education committee level in Cork city and county and all other State agencies in Cork city and county. [29984/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason behind initiating a review of the way in which planning laws and policy are being implemented by a number of local authorities around the country; the reason he choose the six authorities; the contact he has had with each authority to date, up to and including the announcement of this review; the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on the release of funding for a project (details supplied); the timescale for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/10]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (6 Jul 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 633: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been spent on purchasing of land for the years 1980 to 2010 by her Department outlining in which constituency the money was spent in each year in tabular form. [29375/10]